Joanne Von Alroth

The signs might soon be everywhere. Kids will see them. Adults will see them. And, hopefully, bad guys will too. Downers Grove officials hope to erect signs outside all the...

A local 6th grader's dedication to softball will be reflected on every vehicle in the village this year, trustees said. Village Board members have selected a line drawing by Westmont...

Stiffer regulations could await the owners and operators of mobile vending trucks that sell food in the village, officials said. Trustees agreed to study a number of regulations for the...

A new no-smoking ordinance will stand as written, despite village employees' requests for a break. The ordinance, which prohibits smoking in village buildings, was created to protect non-smokers from the...

Independence Day celebrations might be a little less bright for some residents, officials said. The village might ban the sale of sparklers. Residents would not be prohibited from possessing sparklers...

Students at Downers Grove North High School won't be skating through physical education classes any longer. In-line skating no longer will be offered in the school's gym classes, Principal Jerome...

Dogs and cats will be unwelcome at a local park for one year, Park District commissioners said. After listening to complaints about a dog who bit a resident in a...

Three residents will vie for two open seats on the Park District board in the April 4 election. Making his seventh run for a seat on the board is incumbent...

Trustee Edwin Burke has withdrawn a challenge to the election petitions of the village's reigning Community Party. Burke, a former member of the Community Party who is running for re-election...

Village residents who want to produce or star in their own cable television show might only have to go as far as the Westmont Park District. Since the village released...